Aniebietabasi Ackley

Aniebietabasi Ackley is a sustainable architecture professional and scholar.

Biography

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Ackley has a track record driving innovative and successful projects and programmes across both the private and public sector and has a wealth of experience in the building industry. He holds a PhD in Architecture from the Victoria University of Wellington and a master’s degree in Sustainable Architecture from the University of Portsmouth, United Kingdom.

His research explores the interface between architecture and engineering, to strengthen ties between architects and engineers. Ackley is passionate about user-centred design, and cool and clean buildings with a specific focus on using digital technology to improve both indoor and outdoor environmental quality in schools, homes, offices, and healthcare facilities.

He is currently a Principal Advisor Research and Building Performance at the Ministry of Education of New Zealand.

Current research interests

  • computer-aided performance analysis and physical measurements (Internet of things – IoT) of indoor environmental quality (daylighting, thermal comfort, acoustics, indoor air quality + ventilation)
  • adaptability of buildings and occupants’ health, wellbeing, and comfort
  • energy efficiency, net zero carbon and life cycle analysis
  • digital building design, such as BIM and building simulation
  • post Occupancy Evaluations (POEs), assets management, thermographic analysis, and data science
  • retrofitting technologies, façade design and urban design.

Publications

Ackley, A; Olanrewaju, O; Oyefusi, O; Enegbuma, E; Olaoye, T; Ehimatie, A; Ukpong, E; Akpan-Idiok, P. (2024). Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ) in Healthcare Facilities – A Systematic Literature Review and Gap Analysis. Journal of Building Engineering

Ackley, A., Donn, M and Thomas, G. (2023). Use of Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Monitors to Assess Ventilation Effectiveness in Schools. Journal of Sustainable Architecture and Civil Engineering, 1(32), 130-144. DOI: 10.5755/j01.sace.32.1.31536

Wu, W; Zhou, J; Markwell, O; Sun, Z; Ackley, A; Grogan, D (2023), Night-time Natural Ventilation of Internal Thermal Mass to Minimise Daytime Overheating Hours in School Buildings. The 6th International Conference on Countermeasures to Urban Heat Islands, 4-7 December 2023, Australia.

Ackley, A., Donn, M and Thomas, G. (2022). Monitoring Indoor Thermal Performance In a National School Property Portfolio. Intelligent Buildings International, 14(6), 710-737. DOI: 10.1080/17508975.2021.1997702

Ackley, A., Longley, I., Chen, J., Mackenzie, S., Sutherland, A., Jermy, M., Phipps, R., Gronert, R. (2022). The Effectiveness of Natural Ventilation - A Case Study of a Typical New Zealand Classroom with Simulated Occupation.  Ministry of Education, New Zealand.

Ackley, A., Chen, J., Mackenzie, S., Longley, I., Elizabeth, S., Jermy, M., Phipps, R., Gronert, R. (2022). Evaluation of Ventilation Performance in Early Childhood Centres. Ministry of Education, New Zealand.

Chen, J., Ackley, A., Mackenzie, S., Longley, I., Elizabeth, S., Jermy, M., Phipps, R., Gronert, R. (2022). Classroom Ventilation: The Role of Preheating and Refresh Breaks in Improving Ventilation – An Analysis of 169 Spaces from 43 Schools in New Zealand. Ministry of Education, New Zealand.

Sutherland, A., Ackley, A., Phipps, R., Longley, I., Mackenzie, S., Jermy, M., Chen, J., Gronert, R.  (2022). The Impact of Natural Ventilation During Winter on Thermal Comfort. Ministry of Education, New Zealand.

Sutherland, A., Ackley, A., Phipps, R., Chen, J., Jermy, M.,  (2022). The Performance of Portable HEPA Air Cleaners in Naturally Ventilated Classrooms. Ministry of Education, New Zealand.

Ackley, Aniebietabasi (2021), Measuring Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ) in a National School Property Portfolio. Open Access Victoria University of Wellington | Te Herenga Waka. Published Doctoral Thesis. https://doi.org/10.26686/wgtn.14050715.v1

Starkey, L., Leggett, V., Anslow, C and Ackley, A. (2021). The Use of Furniture in a Student-Centred Primary School Learning Environment. NZ J Educ Stud, 61-79. DOI: 10.1007/s40841-020-00187-9

Ackley, A., Donn, M and Thomas, G. (2020). Measuring the Lighting Performance in a National School Property Portfolio, Architectural Science Review, 63(5), 402-416, DOI: 10.1080/00038628.2020.1806780      

·Ukpong E. and Ackley, A. (2019). Exploring Post Occupancy Evaluation as a Sustainable Tool for Assessing Building Performance in Developing Countries. Journal of Sustainable Architecture and Civil Engineering, 25(2), 71–84. DOI: 10.5755/j01.sace.25.2.21176

·Ackley, A., Teeling, C and Atamewan, E. (2018). Factors Affecting the Shortage and or Provision of Sustainable Affordable Housing in Developing Countries, Journal of Sustainable Architecture and Civil Engineering, 27-38. DOI: 10.5755/j01.sace.22.1.20573

·Akpan‐idiok, P. and Ackley, A. (2018). Influence of Family Background on Social Adjustment of Adolescent Students of Southern Senatorial District of Cross River State. International Journal of Humanities Social Sciences and Education (IJHSSE), 5(8), 227-243. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.20431/23490381.0508020

·Ackley, A., Donn, M and Thomas, G. (2018). Measuring the Daylight Performance in Classrooms: Can a One-Point Sensor Measurement Predict the Daylight Quality Across a Space? 52nd International Conference of the Architectural Science Association (ANZAScA), Melbourne, Australia, 43–52.

Ackley, A., Donn, M and Thomas, G. (2017). The Influence of Indoor Environmental Quality in Schools – A Systematic Literature Review; 51st International Conference of the Architectural Science Association (ANZAScA), Wellington, New Zealand, 625–634.

·Akpan‐idiok, P. and Ackley, A. (2017). Sustainable Therapeutic Environment; Impacts of the Indoor Environment on Users’ Perception of Wellbeing in Public Healthcare Facilities in Calabar Municipality. World Journal of Pharmaceutical and Medical Research, 3(6), 7–37.